Rail-joint



(No Model.)

W. H. GONNELL.

RAIL JOINT.

No. 452.833. Patented May 26, 1891,.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VILLIAM H. CONNELL, OF lVILMINGTON, DELAlVARE.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,833, dated May 26,1891.

Application filed September 17, 1890. Serial No. 365,282. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom. t 71mg/ concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ll. CONNELL, of Wilmington, county of NewCastle, State of Delaware, have invented a certain new and usefulRail-Joint, of which the following is a true and exact description,reference being' had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification;

My invention relates to the construction of rail-joints and the partsthereof, and has for its'object to provide a new and useful constructionof joint well adapted for the exigencies of railway use.

The nature of my invention will be best understood as described inconnection with the drawings, in which it is illustrated, and the novelfeatures which I desire to protect by this patent are hereinafterclearly set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my joint in the formwhich I prefer as best adapted for use; Fig. 2, a section on the line 12 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation ofl a modification of my improvedjoint, and Fig. 4. a section on the line 3 et of Fig. 3.

A A are the two. ties or sleepers adjacent to the rail-joint. the rails.

C C are tish-plates, which, like the wellknown double-angle iish-plates,have an upright member c and an approximately horizontal member c. Iextend this horizontal member beyond the side of the rail and bring itdown so that it will rest on the sleepers, as is indicated at c2, andthrough this extension c2 I form openings, as c or c5, for the passageof the ends of the tie-rods hereinafter described. Preferably I bend orcorrugate the extension c2, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, at c3, formingthe tie-bolt holes at the ends of the corrugation, as shown at c,- butthe extensions may be fiat, or nearly so, as shown in Figs. 3 and e, andthe bolt-holes may then be like those marked c5, Fig. 3.

D D, Figs. 3 and 4, are castings, having a projection, as d, fitting inthe opening c", and through which the tie ends pass, these castingsserving to provide shoulders for the nuts at right angles to the tieends.

F is a strut placed below the center of the joint, as shown, and E E aretie-rods which B B are the abutting ends of pass beneath the strut andhave their ends extending through the openings at the ends of theextensions c2 of the fish-plate.

e e, tbc., are nuts screwing on the ends of the tie-rods E, and, asshown, resting on the shoulders c'lof the corrugation or on the equivalent surface provided by the block lD.

G Gr G, rbc., are bolts and nuts securing the fish-plates to the railsin the usual manner.

It will be seen that by using my joint, as shown, the strains on therail ends are transmitted through the strut F and tie-rods E to theextensions of the sh-plates and partly converted into a compressionstrain on said extension and partly taken up on the ties or sleepers A,upon which the extensions c2 rest at their ends.

In other-patentapplicationsnowpendingand tiled by me as follows:February 3, 1890, Serial No. 339,039; February 2l, 1890, Serial Nos.341,289 and 3etl,325; April 25, 1890, Serial No. 349,413, and July 29,1890, Serial No. 360,277, I have shown and described joints having asimilar general construction to that above specified, the principalnovel feature of which is in the construction and use of the extensionc2 of the double-angle fish-plate, adapting it for use in forming thejoint in theway shown anddescribed.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A rail-splice plate made in the form of a double-angle fish-plate andhaving its horizontal member continued out beyond the edge of the railstruck up to a U form and provided with holes at the ends of saidU-shaped portion for the passage ot a tie-rod, all substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

2. A rail-joint having in combination with the ends of the rails and theadjacent ties double-angle fish-plates C, having their horizontalmembers extended out beyond the edge of the rail and brought down to thelevel of the rail-base, so as to rest upon the ties, a strut F, placedbeneath the joint of the rails, and tie-bolts E E, passing beneath thestrut and through openings in the extension 0f the fishplate, allsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A rail-joint having in combination with IOC the ends of the rails andthe adjacent ties and through openings in the extensions ofvdouble-angle fish-plates C, having their horithe fish-piates formed atthe ends of the U- zontal members extended ont beyond the edge shapedportion. of the rail and struck up into a U form, the

5 ends of said extensions resting on the ties, a Witnesses:

strut F, placed beneath the joint of the rails, J AMES J. SPRINGER, andtie-bolts E E, passing beneath the strut DE HAVEN MORRIS.

XVM. H. CONNELL.

